A Kenyan MP has been arrested for allegedly slapping a female colleague because she did not allocate money to his constituency. Rashid Kassim is accused of slapping Fatuma Gedi, who sits on the budget committee, in the capital Nairobi. A photo of Ms Gedi crying with blood in her mouth after the alleged assault has […]
At least five people have been killed in a stampede at a rap concert in the Algerian capital, reports say. Thousands had gathered at a stadium in Algiers to see rapper Abderraouf Derradji, better known as Soolking, perform when a stampede is said to have broken out at one of the entrances. Twenty-one people were […]
The arts scene is booming in the self-declared republic of Somaliland but, as Mary Harper writes, the people who are pushing the cultural boundaries have come up against some opposition Circus boys in leopard skin print soar through the air, twisting their bodies into unimaginable contortions as the children in the audience clap and shriek […]
Sudan has appointed a new prime minister as the country embarks on a three-year transition to civilian rule. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said achieving peace and solving the economic crisis were priorities. His appointment comes as Lt-Gen Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Burhan was sworn in as leader of the new Sovereign Council. The new government will […]
Johannesburg court rules that gratuitously displaying the flag amounts to ‘hate speech’ and ‘harassment’. A South African court has partially banned flying the country’s apartheid-era national flag, saying such display amounted to “hate speech” and “harassment”. Wednesday’s landmark ruling in South Africa’s Equality Court in Johannesburg barred the so-called “apartheid flag” – comprised of three stripes of […]
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said yesterday it fears that a boat packed with migrants sunk off the Libyan coast with more than a hundred people dead. “We have every reason to fear the worst – that over 100 lives were lost and nobody will ever know for sure,” MSF said in a statement on Twitter. […]
More than a dozen soldiers killed, several reported missing after a group of fighters launch attack in Soum province. More than a dozen soldiers have been killed in a “major attack” by “terrorist armed groups” in northern Burkina Faso, the army said, adding that it could be the deadliest ever against the armed forces. With […]
The tanker, on its way from Kenya to the DRC, exploded after losing control and crashing into three cars. At least 10 people have been killed after a fuel truck went up in flames after losing control and crashing into three cars in western Uganda, police said in a statement. “So far, 9 burnt bodies […]
The ailing leader of a banned Shia Muslim group in Nigeria who travelled to India for medical reasons has returned home without being treated. Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky said the Indian government had given him an ultimatum to accept offered treatment or return to Nigeria. Sheikh Zakzaky’s Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) was banned following weeks […]
Zimbabwe’s main opposition group has said it will hold anti-government protests in the capital Harare, in defiance of a police ban. The opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has called for protests against the government’s handling of the economy. The MDC has said it has given the authorities assurances the protests will be peaceful. But […]